16.1869, FYI: Summer Cultural Program: Gullah Studies Institute

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Subject: 16.1869, FYI: Summer Cultural Program:  Gullah Studies Institute

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Date: 14-Jun-2005
From: Lee Shaffer < ideas at islc.net >
Subject: Summer Cultural Program:  Penn Center Gullah Studies Institute

	
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:39:00
From: Lee Shaffer < ideas at islc.net >
Subject: Summer Cultural Program:  Penn Center Gullah Studies Institute


Penn Center Gullah Studies Institute - Summer Cultural Program
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
17-Jul-2005 - 30-Jul-2005

The Penn Center Gullah Studies Institute is initiating a summer cultural program
designed for K-12 teachers, pre-service teachers and interested individuals.
Courses will be offered in three areas:  history, language, music, and
education.  Workshops will feature Gullah in crafts and in the arts.

At historic Penn Center in Beaufort County, SC, approximately 100 participants
will immerse themselves in history, literature, creative writing, visual art,
music, drama and Sea Island crafts.

Institute partners:  Breadloaf School of English at Middlebury College, Vermont;
South Carolina State University; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.

Classes will be held (and housing provided) on the Penn Center campus.  Theatre
activites, museum and gallery visits and history trips to nearby Charleston,
Savannah and Columbia are included in the curriculum.

Curriculum:
I.  History and the Teaching of History
101    The Port Royal Experiment as a Model for Reconstruction
102    African Origins of the Gullah People
103    The Lowcountry and the Underground Railroad
104    The Lowcountry in the Civil Rights Movement (Penn Center was the planning
           site for ML King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference.)
105    Documenting History through Photographs
106    Praise Houses and Churches

II.  Language and the Teaching of Language
201    Gullah Oral Tradition
202    Southern African American Literature
203    Gullah Folk Tales
204    The Influence of the Gullah Culture on Writers
205    Gullah Storytelling as Narrative
206    A Study of the Gullah Language
207    Gullah Bible Translation Project
208    The Laura Towne Diary

III.  Music
301    Ethnomusicology of the Sea Islands
302    Charleston Jazz Initiative

IV.  Quality Education as a Civil Right
401    The Role of Pulic and Private Schools in the Commitment for Quality Education
402    Connecting Schools and Communities to organize for Educational Reform
403    The Impact of American Politics on Education
404    Gullah Studies in the Curriculum

V.  Sea Island Workshops
501    The Techniques of Lowcountry Fold Artists
502    Making and Casting Nets
503    Indigo Dying and Batik Making
504    Unique Forms of African American Pottery in South Carolina
505    The Art of Glass Blowing
506    The Skill of Bateau
507    Sweetgrass Basket Making
508    Woodburning and Carving as Art
509    African Long-Stitch Quilting
510    Gullah Theatre Arts
511    Gullah Cinema
512    African Origins of American Dance
513    West African Folk Tales and Arts

For more information please contact Deloris Pringle at info at penncenter.com



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics





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